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THE NYNT BUIK.
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God, orknay referit; quhom tha euer honour patroun of
thair hail Jle and libertie, with al pietie and Religioune.
This is a cowmoune speikeng, that S. Magne that day
faucht for the libertie of this cuntrie, quha was patroune,
S quhilk mony ane sawe, and woundirit.
The xv day of (*]une) the Nobilitie in Edr at the
kingis command compeiret in gret number; quhair the
king selfe was present baith Juge and president, con-
dam«eng to be heidet Cokbur«e, and t Hindirland
10 barounis, and Adam Scot special bordirer, and limmer,
commounlie calit king of J traytouris. Thir nocht only
of thift war accuiset, quhilk to thame was a thing com-
moune, bot of mony shameful and foul crimes war tha
fylet. Quhairthrouch, at the kingis authoritie and his
15 § assistance tha war heidet, and “ thair heidis” set in a
place for sik appoynted in the Tolbuith of Edr, to thair
gretter ignominie and shame. That samyn selfe tyme,
the Erie Bothuell quha stude with thame, in ward is
comwandet to the Castel of Edr, and althocht this pane
20 was bot slycht, ^it he could nocht consider it nor brydle
his awne affectioune, quhairat the king was not lytle
comwouet, and sent him first til Abirdine, thairefter to
Morayland to be keipet: shorlie efter banist him. Quhen
the Erie hard that the sentence of banisment was gyuen
25 out against him, he prepares to that frie porte Vinice,
the co;wmoune girth of al strangeris. Whair he still
remaynet sa lang as the king lyuet, quhair he lyuet
quyetlie, as in a frie citie, and lyk a noble man abun¬
dant in ryches. That now the king mycht be the law
30 dantoune thair dissolute lyfe, quha war wardenis vpo« the
bordouris, or at leist put thame fra thair authoritie, he
S. Magne
patron of
orknay is
seine fecht
for thame.
Sum special
wardenis for
thair negli¬
gence ar
co«dem«et
to be heidet.
To Vinice is
banist the
Erie of Both-
wel.
The king
selfe takes
ordour with
the bor¬
douris.
* So L., but Sc. says : “In the samyn moneth of May the xvi
day.”
t Sc. “The Laird of Hinderland callit Cokburn.”
J L. “ latronum antesignanus ac Rex.” Sc. “quha wes calit
king of theivis.”
§ L. “assessorumque ”—and of his assistants.